Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill DCL

Doctor of Civil Law

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 FRS

Royal Society

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 (26 December 1779 – 10 March 1845) was a British peer and Whig

British Whig Party

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 politician.

Born Lord Francis Almeric Spencer, he was the second son of the 4th Duke of Marlborough

George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough

George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG, PC, FRS , styled Marquess of Blandford until 1758, was a British courtier and politician...

. On 25 November 1800, he married Lady Frances FitzRoy, a younger daughter of the 3rd Duke of Grafton

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC , styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era...

. From 1801–15, he was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and on his retirement from the Commons

British House of Commons

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, was raised to the peerage as Baron Churchill, of Whichwood, Co. Oxford. He died in 1845 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Francis.

His daughter, Rose Frances Spencer married Major General Raymond Northland Revell Reade

Raymond Northland Revell Reade

Major General Raymond Northland Revell Reade CB, CMG was a soldier and Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada.-Family:He was the grandson of Thomas Knox, the second Earl of Ranfurly...

 CB

Order of the Bath

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, CMG

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